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U.S. opinion on the health reform law April 2010 - March 2018

Given what you know about the health reform law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?

The data depicts the results of a continuing survey regarding the public opinion on the health reform law in the U.S. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. As of May 2017, 49% of the respondents had a favorable opinion on the health reform law, while 42% had a generally unfavorable opinion on the health reform law. Some 9% didn't know or refused to answer.

Opinions about the health reform Favorability for the health reform law in the U.S. has fluctuated only slightly since 2010. In April 2010, 40% of U.

April 2010	46	40	14
May 2010	41	44	14
June 2010	48	41	10
July 2010	50	35	14
August 2010	43	45	12
September 2010	49	40	11
October 2010	42	44	15
November 2010	42	40	18
December 2010	42	41	18
January 2011	41	50	9
February 2011	43	48	8
March 2011	42	46	13
April 2011	41	41	18
May 2011	42	44	14
June 2011	42	46	12
July 2011	42	43	15
August 2011	39	44	17
September 2011	41	43	16
October 2011	34	51	15
November 2011	37	44	19
December 2011	41	43	17
January 2012	37	44	19
February 2012	42	43	15
March 2012	41	40	19
April 2012	42	43	15
May 2012	37	44	19
June 2012	41	41	18
July 2012	38	44	17
August 2012	38	43	19
September 2012	45	40	14
October 2012	38	43	19
November 2012	43	39	19
October 2013	38	44	18
November 2013	33	49	18
July 2014	37	53	10
December 2014	41	46	14
January 2015	40	46	15
March 2015	41	43	16
May 2015	39	42	19
August 2015	44	41	14
December 2015	40	46	14
April 2016	38	49	13
June 2016	42	44	14
August 2016	40	42	17
October 2016	45	45	10
December 2016	43	46	11
March 2017	49	44	7
May 2017	49	42	9
July 2017	50	44	6
October 2017	51	40	9
January 2018	50	42	8
March 2018	50	43	7

U.S. opinion on the health reform law April 2010 - March 2018

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